most rushing yards by a qb in a season before 2018

Before 2018, Michael Vick rushed for the most yards by a quarterback in a season, with 1,039 yards in 2006.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Michael Vick M. Vick	1,039	2006	ATL	16	123	8.4	64.9	2	1	1	1	1.0	0.1	0
2	Bobby Douglass B. Douglass	968	1972	CHI	14	141	6.9	69.1	8	0	0			0.0	0
3	Randall Cunningham R. Cunningham	942	1990	PHI	16	118	8.0	58.9	5	0	0			0.0	0
4	Michael Vick M. Vick	902	2004	ATL	15	120	7.5	60.1	3	0	0	0		0.0	0
5	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	849	2014	SEA	16	118	7.2	53.1	6	17	1	1	17.0	1.1	0
6	Robert Griffin III R. Griffin III	815	2012	WAS	15	120	6.8	54.3	7	0	0	0		0.0	0
7	Michael Vick M. Vick	777	2002	ATL	15	113	6.9	51.8	8	16	0	0		1.1	0
8	Cam Newton C. Newton	754	2017	CAR	16	139	5.4	47.1	6	0	0	0		0.0	0
9	Cam Newton C. Newton	741	2012	CAR	16	127	5.8	46.3	8	6	0	0		0.4	0
10	Cam Newton C. Newton	706	2011	CAR	16	126	5.6	44.1	14	27	1	1	27.0	1.7	0
11	Michael Vick M. Vick	676	2010	PHI	12	100	6.8	56.3	9	0	0	0		0.0	0
12	Steve McNair S. McNair	674	1997	TEN	16	101	6.7	42.1	8	0	0			0.0	0
13	Tim Tebow T. Tebow	660	2011	DEN	14	122	5.4	47.1	6	0	0	0		0.0	0
14	Colin Kaepernick C. Kaepernick	639	2014	SF	16	104	6.1	39.9	1	0	0	0		0.0	0
15	Cam Newton C. Newton	636	2015	CAR	16	132	4.8	39.8	10	0	0	0		0.0	0
16	Donovan McNabb D. McNabb	629	2000	PHI	16	86	7.3	39.3	6	5	2	4	2.5	0.3	0
17	Randall Cunningham R. Cunningham	624	1988	PHI	16	93	6.7	39.0	6	0	0			0.0	0
18	Randall Cunningham R. Cunningham	621	1989	PHI	16	104	6.0	38.8	4	0	0			0.0	0
19	Daunte Culpepper D. Culpepper	609	2002	MIN	16	106	5.7	38.1	10	0	0	0		0.0	0
20	Michael Vick M. Vick	597	2005	ATL	15	102	5.9	39.8	6	-14	1	1	-14.0	-0.9	0
21	Michael Vick M. Vick	589	2011	PHI	13	76	7.8	45.3	1	0	0	0		0.0	0
22	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	586	2017	SEA	16	95	6.2	36.6	3	0	0	0		0.0	0
23	Cam Newton C. Newton	585	2013	CAR	16	111	5.3	36.6	6	0	0	0		0.0	0
24	Tyrod Taylor T. Taylor	580	2016	BUF	15	95	6.1	38.7	6	0	0	0		0.0	0
25	Terrelle Pryor T. Pryor	576	2013	OAK	11	83	6.9	52.4	2	0	0	0		0.0	0

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Falcons	8	9	.471
Buccaneers	8	9	.471
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Total Yards Rankings

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Rush Yards Rankings

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AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Patriots - y	14	3	0	.824
Bills - w	12	5	0	.706
Dolphins - e	7	10	0	.412
Jets - e	3	14	0	.176
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Steelers - y	10	7	0	.588
Ravens - e	8	9	0	.471
Bengals - e	6	11	0	.353
Browns - e	5	12	0	.294
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars - y	13	4	0	.765
Texans - w	12	5	0	.706
Colts - e	8	9	0	.471
Titans - e	3	14	0	.176
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Broncos - z*	14	3	0	.824
Chargers - w	11	6	0	.647
Chiefs - e	6	11	0	.353
Raiders - e	3	14	0	.176

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Eagles - y	11	6	0	.647
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Commanders - e	5	12	0	.294
Giants - e	4	13	0	.235
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Bears - y	11	6	0	.647
Packers - w	9	7	1	.559
Vikings - e	9	8	0	.529
Lions - e	9	8	0	.529
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Panthers - y	8	9	0	.471
Buccaneers - e	8	9	0	.471
Falcons - e	8	9	0	.471
Saints - e	6	11	0	.353
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Seahawks - z*	14	3	0	.824
Rams - w	12	5	0	.706
49ers - w	12	5	0	.706
Cardinals - e	3	14	0	.176

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Sat 10/4	TEN	@	ARI	22-21
Sat 10/4	TB	@	SEA	38-35
Sat 10/4	DET	@	CIN	37-24
Sat 10/4	WAS	@	LAC	27-10
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Sun 1/11	BUF	@	JAX	1:00 PM
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